All My Parts

All My Parts

The one before youknew all my parts.But it didn’t work out.So I decided to show you only some:The clever partThe strong partThe bourgeois part.(Feigned mostly)

But I hid the wild partAnd covered the needy part.

But the bourgeois part was fake.And the clever part got tired.And the strong part just wanted to trample over you.And the wild part was crazy with cabin fever.And the needy part was crumbling in solitude.

And all I wanted was to be all my parts again.

So I left you.

Because I couldn’t explain some parts were realand others made up and others hidden.

Because I could not explain that you had never known me.And I had wanted it that way.

By Ilaria Alber-Glanstaetten

Ilaria is a passionate and hugely talented poet and she is looking to publish and perform her work in an open mic night later this year in London – watch this space for more info!

She has completed Electric Woman 1-1 coaching programme and Nikki describes her as a ‘bold, feminine powerhouse with potent vulnerability and fearless self-expression'.